καλντερίμι

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Greek

FWOTD – 27 January 2017

Rural kalderimi at the Aradena gorge

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قالدرم (kaldırım, “roadway”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaldeˈɾimi/
Hyphenation: καλ‧ντε‧ρί‧μι

Noun

καλντερίμι • (kalnterími) n (plural καλντερίμια)

(colloquial) cobbled street (in towns or villages)
- 1972, “Άλλος Για Χίο Τράβηξε”, in Manos Eleutheriou (lyrics), Dimos Moutsis (music), Άγιος Φεβρουάριος, performed by Dimitris Mitropanos:
  Στα καλντερίμια συζητούν ως το πρωί γειτόνοι,
  Μα σκοτεινιάζει ο καιρός και στις καρδιές νυχτώνει.
  Sta kalnterímia syzitoún os to proḯ geitónoi,
  Ma skoteiniázei o kairós kai stis kardiés nychtónei.
  In the cobbled streets, the neighbours chat until morning,
  But the weather darkens and night falls in their hearts.
- 1994, “Τα Λαδάδικα”, in Philippos Grapsas (lyrics), Marios Tokas (music), Παρέα Μ' έναν Ήλιο, performed by Dimitris Mitropanos:
  Σε καλντερίμια ξενυχτάς, υγρά λιθόστρωτα,
  Στου πληρωμένου παραδείσου την αυλόπορτα.
  Se kalnterímia xenychtás, ygrá lithóstrota,
  Stou pliroménou paradeísou tin avlóporta.
  In wet, cobblestoned roads you spend the night,
  In the garden gate of the paid paradise.
(colloquial) cobbled mule track (in countryside)

Declension

Declension of καλντερίμι

	singular	plural
nominative	καλντερίμι •	καλντερίμια •
genitive	καλντεριμιού •	καλντεριμιών •
accusative	καλντερίμι •	καλντερίμια •
vocative	καλντερίμι •	καλντερίμια •

Derived terms

καλντεριμιτζού f (kalnterimitzoú, “prostitute”)

See also

λιθόστρωτος (lithóstrotos, “cobblestoned”)

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